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Hospital Can't Sink EEOC Disability Bias Suit Over Vax Allergy

An Illinois federal judge declined Monday to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging a hospital fired an employee for failing to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate after she had an allergic reaction to the medicine, stating her allergy could count as a disability.

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DOL's New Front Office Brings Wage-Hour Expertise

The U.S. Department of Labor could make wage and hour policy even more of a priority, as the acting secretary, who previously led the department's Wage and Hour Division, staffs up with top aides from that subagency.

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Kroger, EEOC Strike Deal To End Disability Bias Suit

The Kroger Co. told a Georgia federal court Monday that it has settled a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the grocery chain ignored an employee's requests to sit on a chair at work to accommodate nerve damage caused by cancer treatments.

Expert Analysis

Rulings Offer Lessons On Credible Workplace Investigations

Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, Lisa Haldar and Maia Taylor

Three recent rulings illustrate that while internal investigations are a critical tool for managing workplace risk... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Navigating EEOC's Religious Bias Push

Dawn Solowey and Michael Steinberg

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has placed a heightened focus on religious accommodation requests... (more story)

What Mass. Ruling Clarifies About Whistleblower Protections

Darshana Indira and Trisha Gautam

A Massachusetts appellate court's recent decision in Galvin v. Roxbury Community College, finding that an employee... (more story)

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Mich. Justices To Hear Best Buy Arbitration Dispute Case

The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered oral arguments on whether an employee arbitration agreement used by Best Buy Co. Inc. is enforceable, directing the parties to address how a recent precedent on adhesion ... (more story)

Justices Urged Not To Take Up Macy's Thryv Challenge

Macy's Inc.'s challenge to a Ninth Circuit ruling upholding a National Labor Relations Board order to reinstate strikers misstates the controlling precedent and mounts an "academic" attack on the board's heigh... (more story)

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NLRB Says Orchestra Didn't Dodge Union On Wage Rates

The National Labor Relations Board partially reversed an agency judge's decision finding that three Texas symphony orchestras unlawfully bypassed a union to negotiate with employees on wages, finding that the ... (more story)

Ariz. Charter School Teachers Get OK For Union Vote

Faculty members at a network of Arizona charter schools can vote on representation by an American Federation of Teachers affiliate, a National Labor Relations Board official has ruled, rejecting the school's a... (more story)

EEOC Urged To Investigate Teachers' Union For Antisemitism

An advocacy nonprofit focused on the rights of Jewish people announced Monday that it has filed a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging the National Education ... (more story)

Carpenters Trustees Reach Deal In Allianz Loss Suit

A group of union carpenters and the trustees of their retirement plans have reached a proposed settlement in a class action accusing the fiduciaries of mismanaging pension assets by investing in risky hedge fu... (more story)

Dental Office Can't Ax Worker For Pay Talk, NLRB Judge Says

A Montana dental office violated federal labor law by firing an employee for discussing a bonus related to bill collections with a co-worker after telling her not to do so, a National Labor Relations Board judge held.

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EEOC, Materials Co. Strike $130K Deal To End ADA Suit

A specialty materials company will pay $130,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging an employee was fired for taking time off to manage symptoms of her major depressive di... (more story)

5th Circ. Backs Crime Lab In Ex-Worker's Sex Bias Suit

The Fifth Circuit refused Monday to reopen a former crime lab employee's lawsuit alleging she was fired for complaining that supervisors made sexual comments and saddled her with extra work, ruling she couldn'... (more story)

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Concrete Co. Says EEOC Cut Corners In Opioid Bias Case

A concrete company is seeking to escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that it rejected job applicants who took medication to treat opioid addiction, telling a West Virginia fe... (more story)

Ex-Google Worker Says Co. Can't Dodge Cancer Firing Suit

A former Google Cloud salesman who claims the company fired him during cancer treatment to avoid a nearly $4 million life insurance payout told a Connecticut federal court that Google's latest bid to dismiss h... (more story)

No 'Smoking Gun' In FBI Agent's Race Bias Suit, Ga. Jury Told

Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice urged a Georgia federal jury Monday to reject the race bias allegations of a former longtime FBI agent, telling them that in the coming days, they would never see "an... (more story)

Sony Pictures Biased Against Older Women, Fired Exec Says

A Sony Pictures Television programming executive with decades of experience overseeing productions and adaptations of popular shows like "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "The Nanny" claims she was fired months be... (more story)

Raytheon Reaches Deal To End Mechanic's Age Bias Suit

Raytheon Co. is putting the finishing touches on an agreement to resolve a suit from a former mechanic who alleged he was moved to a different division after his boss said he wanted younger talent, according t... (more story)

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Tyson Supervisors' Nationwide Pay Collective Rejected

Tyson production supervisors cannot pursue a nationwide collective accusing the company of misclassifying them as overtime-exempt, an Arkansas federal judge ruled on Monday, though he allowed a narrower group ... (more story)

DTE Energy Hit With Overtime Collective Action

A DTE Energy employee filed a proposed collective action in Michigan federal court, alleging the utility systematically underpaid overtime wages by failing to properly calculate workers' regular rate under the... (more story)

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2nd Circ. Bars Out-Of-State Drivers In Bimbo Bakeries OT Suit

Out-of-state delivery drivers can't pursue their wage claims against Bimbo Bakeries in a Vermont federal court, the Second Circuit ruled Monday, finding their claims aren't tied closely enough to the company's... (more story)

Cloud Co. Denied Sales Workers OT Pay For Years, Suit Says

Three former sales workers have sued a cloud software company in North Carolina federal court, alleging the company wrongly classified them as overtime-exempt and denied them time and a half pay for years.

Defunct University Seeks Dismissal Of Wage, Benefits Suit

A now-shuttered university urged an Ohio federal court to dismiss a proposed wage and benefits class and collective action brought by former employees, arguing the suit fails to allege sufficient facts, is bar... (more story)

Aviation Staffing Co. Used Per Diem To Dodge OT, Suit Says

An aviation staffing company paid its avionics technicians the same hourly rate for all hours worked, including overtime, and disguised the scheme using fake per diem payments, a proposed collective and class ... (more story)

NY Presbyterian Denied Full Wages, Meal Breaks, Suit Says

New York-Presbyterian Hospital forced hourly workers to perform off-the-clock work, shorted them on overtime and improperly denied meal breaks, according to a proposed class and collective action filed Friday ... (more story)